The world has become complicated. I look back at when I was 7, 8, 9, 10 years old and my life was quite different than today’s child. I was on my own more and interacted with friends more and I believe developed more through the process.

My friends and I communicated, made plans, played, made choices (some good, some…..well….learning experiences), problem-solved and most importantly, experienced. You learn from experience. You grow from experience.

I feel that today we try so hard to eliminate all disappointment and all struggle and all stress from our children’s lives that we are doing them a disservice. By not letting them experience these emotions/situations, we are not helping them learn to cope with them thus creating children that are anxious and fearful when faced with a challenge. They are unable to persevere or problem-solve.

As I have shared at the last few Open Houses, we are trying to shift our teaching practices from spoon-feeding information to our students to giving them the tools, and more importantly, the experiences to figure things out either on their own or together.

Here is an article I came across and thought it fit this message (Click Here).

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